• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.397-405
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• 2009

Nowadays, power supplies for LCD TV of larger and slimmer screen size are required to have high power density and high efficient characteristics. In order to meet these requirements, Multi-phase interleaved LLC resonant converter is applied for increasing power density and reducing the current rating in the used devices. In this paper, gain characteristics and the experimental results of the proposed two-phase LLC resonant converter which implemented by the simple control circuit are verified based on the theoretical analysis and the 300W experimental prototype.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.934-943
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• 2019

A current balance problem exists in multi-phase LLC converters due to the resonant parameter tolerance. This paper presents a current balancing method for interleaved three-phase half bridge LLC converters. This method regulates the phase shift angle of the driving signals between the three phases based on a converter with a floating Y-connection. The floating midpoint voltage has different influences on each phase current and makes the three-phase current balance performance better than midpoint non-floating systems. Phase shift control between modules can further regulate the midpoint voltage. Then three phase current sharing is realized without adding extra components. The current distributions in a midpoint non-floating system and a midpoint floating system are compared. Then the principle and implementation of the proposed control strategy are analyzed in detail. A 3kW prototype is built to verify the validity and feasibility of the proposed method.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.275-279
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• 2008

An LLC series resonant converter has many unique characteristics and improvements over PWM topologies. However, many output capacitors are needed in parallel to satisfy output voltage ripple and the rated ripple current of the capacitors. This paper deals with a novel two phase interleaved LLC resonant converter using a phase of the resonant capacitor. The proposed converter can satisfy output voltage ripple and a rated ripple current of capacitors with few output capacitors, relatively. The operation and features are considered in detail and a prototype with a 12V-100A output is investigated.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.526-528
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• 2008

LLC series resonant converter has many unique characteristics and improvement over PWM topologies. However, many output capacitors should be needed in parallel to satisfy an output voltage ripple and a rated ripple current of the capacitors. This paper is deal with a novel two phase interleaved LLC resonant converter using a phase of the resonant capacitor. The proposed converter can satisfy output voltage ripple and a rated ripple current of capacitors with few output capacitors, relatively. The operation and features is considered in detail and a prototype with a 12V-100A output is investigated.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.245-255
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• 2011

A novel single-stage AC/DC converter with the soft-switching characteristic based on interleaving technology and an LLC topology is proposed here. The converter is integrated by an interleaved cell and an LLC cell. Because the components of the system are reduced as a result of integrating, the cost decreases. Since interleaving technology is adopted, the converter can work in a high voltage input state. The LLC topology chosen here ensures that the switches on the primary side work in the ZVS condition and that the diodes on the secondary side work in the ZCS condition, which decreases the switching loss of the system. A theoretical analysis and the design procedures of the proposed converter are proposed and discussed in detail. Simulations and experimental studies with a 100W prototype are done to prove the analysis.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.618-626
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• 2011

Solar cell is one of the most important new renewable energy for future energy generation. This paper presents a novel two stage DC/DC converter topology for PV PCSs. The proposed converter consists of an interleaved boost converter and a two-tank LLC resonant converter which is connected in parallel in primary and series in secondary. The main idea of this topology is that the system can achieve either unilateral or bilateral operations due to the input voltage level of the PV module, which leads to a better performance. The operating schemes on the proposed converter are analyzed and described. A 2.2kW prototype product is built, tested and verified.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.91-96
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• 2014

nowadays, many researches for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles have been actively carried out to improve the gas mileage in comparison with mass-produced hybrid electric vehicles. In this paper, the on-board charger for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles is studied for obtaining the high efficiency. The on-board charger consists of two phase interleaved PFC circuit and LLC resonant converter. The new design procedures of LLC resonant converter are proposed in this paper. These are very simple and powerful method. In order to verify the abovementioned contents, the LLC resonant converter is designed and tested by using PSIM tool.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.115-117
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• 2008

최근 가전기기의 고집적화와 고효율을 위한 연구가 이슈화 되고 있다. 이러한 고효율과 고집적화의 효과를 얻기 위한 방법으로 Multiphase LLC 공진 컨버터가 연구되고 있으며 본 논문에서는 제어회로를 간단화 하면서 Two Phase Interleaved LLC 공진 컨버터를 제안하였고 총 250W급 변압기를 적용하여 실험한 결과에 대하여 서술 하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.48-49
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• 2016

Interleaved 컨버터의 경우 전류 리플을 줄여 출력 필터의 사이즈를 줄이기 위해 많이 사용된다. 하지만 모듈간 소자값의 편차가 발생할 경우 전류 불평형을 초래하게 되며, 이는 리플저감효과를 감소시키거나 방열문제, 노화촉진, 그리고 오동작을 일으킬 가능성을 높이게 한다. 특히 공진형 컨버터의 경우 주파수 제어를 시도하기 때문에 Interleaving 기법을 적용하여 효용성을 얻기에는 제약이 많다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 소자값의 불일치로 인한 전류 불평형 문제를 해결하기 위해 위상천이변조 제어를 제안한다. 동작원리와 시스템에 대한 분석을 제시하고, 모의실험을 통해 타당성을 검증한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.528-537
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• 2012

This paper presents an interleaved resonant converter with a parallel-series transformer connection in order to achieve ripple current reduction at the output capacitor, zero voltage turn-on for the active switches, zero current turn-off for the rectifier diodes, less voltage stress on the rectifier diodes, and less current stress on the transformer primary windings. The primary windings of the two transformers are connected in parallel in order to share the input current and to reduce the root-mean-square (rms) current on the primary windings. The secondary windings of the two transformers are connected in series in order to ensure that the transformer primary currents are balanced. A full-wave diode rectifier is used at the output side to clamp the voltage stress of the rectifier diode at the output voltage. Two circuit modules are operated with the interleaved PWM scheme so that the input and output ripple currents are reduced. Based on the resonant behavior, all of the active switches are turned on under zero voltage switching (ZVS), and the rectifier diodes are turned off under zero current switching (ZCS) if the operating switching frequency is less than the series resonant frequency. Finally, experiments with a 1kW prototype are described to verify the effectiveness of the proposed converter.